Lejda Ka'ohi par Maia

Lejda Ka'ohi par Maia is the name of the national selection which will be used to determine the Kaohportian entry in Maia Song Contest 2 and potentially in later editions of the Maia Song Contest. It was designed by the task force that also selected Kaohportia's début entry in the contest.

Format
The show consists of two semi-finals and a final. Ten songs, two from each province, are entered into the competition. 6 of them qualify to the final (3 entries from each semi-final) where the winner will be selected.

Entries
All five provinces can enter two entries of their own choice in the contest. Each of their entries will be allocated to a semi-final by random draw where the running order is also determined by a random draw. Usually provinces select their entries internally. Either the songwriter, composer or singer has to be from the province they are representing, which may lead to singers from other provinces or even other nations competing in the contest.

Shows
One song from each country will be allocated in the first semi-final, the other song performs in the second semi-final. The top three from each semi-final will advance to the final where 6 songs will compete for the win. It is possible that a province has both of their songs eliminated in the semi-finals, while it's also possible a province has both of it's entries advance to the final.

Semi-final
Each province will send two jury members (one male, one female) to the contest. In the semi-finals, these are solely responsible for awarding points in the name of their province. Each jury member (10 in total) awards 2, 4, 6 and 8 points; 8 points to the song they like most, 2 points to the song they like least. Jury members may not award points to the entry from their own province. The three entries that get the highest amount of points from the juries advance to the final.

Final
Jury members will still vote in the same fashion as in the semi-final. However, in the final, televoting is also responsible for half of the voting process. Televoting results are calculated by province; once again, provinces may not vote for their own entry. The amount of televotes cast per entry by a province are added up and turned into points, with 8 points going to the song with the highest amount of televotes, and 2 points going to the song with the least amount of televotes. Because there are two jury members per province but only one televote result, the televoting points are doubled to make the voting a 50/50 split between juries and televoters. This means each country will award 4, 8, 12 and 16 points from televoting.

Winning
The song with the highest amount of points at the end of the voting process is the winner and has the right to represent Kaohportia at the Maia Song Contest. If a tie may occur, the song that got the highest score in televoting wins. If there is still a tie afterwards, the song that got points from most jury members wins. If the tie is still not broken, the song which received the highest amount of individual televotes wins. In the unlikely event of the tie still not being broken after this, the organization will decide who wins.